Road Patrol NI

donvito99 · 30-01-2010 05:12PM #1

Documentary series following the daily duties of the officers of the PSNI Road Policing Unit, who have their patience tested by boy racers, drink drivers, bad language and bad behaviour on the roads. The officers deal with a disqualified driver with memory problems, and excessive speeders who risk a lot more than their licenses.

MONDAY, 1st FEBRUARY, 10.35pm BBC 1 NI.

Well, heres hoping Traffic Blues syndrome didn't spread across the border...:p

We might even see PSNI...

Bosco boy · 30-01-2010 06:24PM

Whats traffic blues syndrome???

donvito99 · 30-01-2010 06:44PM

Traffic Blues Syndrome =

-Extremely poor look on how police really work.
-Ridiculous amount of editing by police management.
-Police not functioning as they normally would due to cameras.
-Over hyping everything, ie. "Next week on Traffic Blues, a driver is caught not wearing his seatbelt"
-c.24 minutes of programme
-Quite boring

/rant

BTW, Traffic Blues was a programme aired by RTÉ last summer following the work of Traffic Corps, it didn't go very well, as some posters will say, me included.

belfast stephen · 30-01-2010 10:46PM

i seen the ad on bbc1 on friday night looks a god programe let hope the in not like traffic blues and a bit more like road wars

Random · 31-01-2010 10:55PM

looking forward to this show. series linked on sky+. thanks op

pa990 · 01-02-2010 01:04PM

is this only on bbc1 ni
Or will it be on the other variants as well ?

belfast stephen · 01-02-2010 11:11PM

just watched the show and must say very good

barney 20v · 01-02-2010 11:16PM

belfast stephen wrote: »

just watched the show and must say very good

I agree totally. well made and looking at all the sunshine in the program cheered me up!

Locust · 01-02-2010 11:25PM

Great show - really enjoyed it as opposed to Traffic Blues. They all seem to have a pretty good sense of humor and do the job fairly professionally... some nifty gadgets too.

belfast stephen · 02-02-2010 12:45PM

he is a link to the show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qn0m5

Edit-Only available in the UK.

AlekSmart · 02-02-2010 04:02PM

Great show - really enjoyed it as opposed to Traffic Blues. They all seem to have a pretty good sense of humor and do the job fairly professionally... some nifty gadgets too.

There`s quite a strong message here for those prepared to engage in debating it,however it might equally provoke a thread lock so perhaps best left unsaid.

donvito99 · 08-02-2010 06:22PM

Just a reminder that its on again tonight, same bat time, same bat channel.......

Irish_polizei · 08-02-2010 07:18PM

donvito99 wrote: »

Just a reminder that its on again tonight, same bat time, same bat channel.......

Eh just remind us there what bat means... :rolleyes::P

Locust · 08-02-2010 07:31PM

bat = brilliant awesome time
haha

one2one · 08-02-2010 10:46PM

"No guard it was a stone" - seriously, I've heard all sorts, but is he really that stupid? The car is in bits - its OBVIOUS a body has come in contact with that vehicle!!

belfast stephen · 08-02-2010 11:24PM

another great epaside nice to see a sliver unmarked Vauxhall Omega on the show

CharlieCroker · 08-02-2010 11:30PM

marked RangeRover looked well. NGA prob blew his load when he saw that!!!

Shield · 08-02-2010 11:35PM

CharlieCroker wrote: »

NGA prob blew his load when he saw that!!!

Actually did LOL at that...

Hooch · 09-02-2010 11:45AM

CharlieCroker wrote: »

marked RangeRover looked well. NGA prob blew his load when he saw that!!!

Some show lad!

That Range Rover is a dream!!!

Irish_polizei · 09-02-2010 11:46AM

one2one wrote: »

"No guard it was a stone" - seriously, I've heard all sorts, but is he really that stupid? The car is in bits - its OBVIOUS a body has come in contact with that vehicle!!

I nearly died when i seen that fella, came accross him on phase 2 few years ago..

donvito99 · 09-02-2010 12:53PM

Irish_polizei wrote: »

Eh just remind us there what bat means... :rolleyes::P

Did ya ever see the live action Batman shows from the 60s?! (Not that I was around then!)

bat = brilliant awesome time
haha

I like

donvito99 · 09-02-2010 12:55PM

Ye gotta say the show was pretty damn good. From a televisual point of view it flowed well, had all the interviews with the coppers on the street, and didn't have an annoying narrator butting in with advice or stupid comments every 30 seconds, unlike traffic blues.

The accents were funny as hell as well...

Irish_polizei · 09-02-2010 01:17PM

donvito99 wrote: »

I like

:P, nah never heard of batman from the 60's full stop >>.<<:P

Good show last night though!! Next weeks is the last episode i think!

donvito99 · 09-02-2010 01:54PM

Irish_polizei wrote: »

:P, nah never heard of batman from the 60's full stop >>.<<:P

Good show last night though!! Next weeks is the last episode i think!

OT, but maybe this might ring a bell...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFhk2WJMGCQ

09-02-2010 03:52PM

So in two episodes we have had some drink drivers, no insurance, no licence, and some speeders.

The only difference between that and Traffic Blues is the quality of the production.

Oh, and better equipment.

belfast stephen · 09-02-2010 04:30PM

And better cars

Shield · 09-02-2010 07:50PM

And better looking officers...

Random · 09-02-2010 08:58PM

I thought the clip with the Dublin junkie was brilliant. Interesting to see the cooperation between the PSNI / Gardai too with all the information they were able to obtain relatively quickly.

AlekSmart · 09-02-2010 09:41PM

Foreign said....

The only difference between that and Traffic Blues is the quality of the production.

Oh, and better equipment.

I`m not so sure that "only" quality equipment and production values can explain it away so easily.

There is,I feel,an attitudinal "thing" going on here also.
It`s difficult,if not impossible to describe in black and white but once experienced,its never forgotten or misinterpreted again.

Traffic Blues just did`nt seem to be aimed at a discerning adult audience...let alone members of this august forum

10-02-2010 02:09PM

AlekSmart wrote: »

Foreign said....

I`m not so sure that "only" quality equipment and production values can explain it away so easily.

There is,I feel,an attitudinal "thing" going on here also.
It`s difficult,if not impossible to describe in black and white but once experienced,its never forgotten or misinterpreted again.

Traffic Blues just did`nt seem to be aimed at a discerning adult audience...let alone members of this august forum

Can you explain the attitudinal thing? Not sure what you mean.

I still think it was a good show just like I think Traffic Blues has potential to be a good show. UK TV have been doing shows like this for a long time so know how to do it correctly. Hopefully we will see another series of Traffic Blues where the production is improved.

Irish_polizei · 10-02-2010 02:29PM

foreign wrote: »

Can you explain the attitudinal thing? Not sure what you mean.

I still think it was a good show just like I think Traffic Blues has potential to be a good show. UK TV have been doing shows like this for a long time so know how to do it correctly. Hopefully we will see another series of Traffic Blues where the production is improved.

And not just with TC, maybe the dag unit, yes dags, alpha sierra, water unit.....with little or no editing apart from the minor things...that would make a good show IMO...:)

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